055996 Accession Number: 055996

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Informal portrait of Women’s Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS) cooks at work in the kitchen. Identified from left to right: WR/1096 Wran Cook Margaret Hazel Wilkinson from Port Melbourne, Victoria (later Petty Officer) and WR557 Wran Cook Mary Lillian Coulthard from South Gippsland (later Chief Petty Officer).

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Accession Number
055996
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
26 August 1943
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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